Shoe-fastener.



0. MAUERSBERGER..

SHOE PASTE-NEE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 22. 190B.

Patented Apr. 20, 1909.

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I INVENTOR ATTORNEYS WITNESSES a perspective view of a shoe providedwith at 14, and will readily accommodate them- OSCAR MAUERSBERGER, OFSOHENEOTADY, NEW YORK.

SHOE-FASTENER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR MAUEnsBEEeEn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Schenectady, county of Schenectady, State of NewYork, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Fasteners, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to a shoe fastener which accommodates itself tothe shape of the foot, and permits the shoe to be readily openedandclosed.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is myimproved fastener; Fig. 2 isa front view of a portion of the fastener; Fig. 3 a side view of aportion of the keeper, and Fig. 4 a pers ective view of the clasp.

ong each edge of the opening slit 10 of a shoe extends a resilent rib orkeeper 11 composed of an exposed spirally coiled wire. As shown, the tworibs are made in one piece, being formed of a continuous length of wireextending across vamp 12 below slit 10.

ing stitchedthereto at suitable intervals, as

selves to the shape of the foot. The ribs, constructed as described, areada ted to be engaged by a series of clasps exten ing across slit 10,and consistin of a resilient band or bod '15, to each enc of which issecured a Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 22, 1908.

hoo 16, of a shape to grasp rib 11.. Each Patented April 20, 1909.

Serial No. 434,234.

hook 16 is provided along its outer edge with a nail-piece 17, by meansof which the clas may be readily manipulated. This nai piece is formedby bending the body of the book first outward and then inward slightlyabove its free end, to here obtain an outwardly extending double flange.

In use, the clasps are sprun over ribs 11 to directly engage theconvolutes thereof. In. this way slipping of the clasps is prevented,While, owing to the resilient nature of the clasps and ribs,objectionable pressure is avoided.

To open the shoe, the hooks 16 are, by nail-pieces 17, raised ofi' ribs11, so that the clasps may be removed.

My improved fastener may also be applied to leggings.

I claim:

A shoe fastener, comprising a pair of exposed resilient coiled wire ribsextending along the openin slit of a shoe, and a series of cooperating casps each composed of a resilent body, a hook at each end of said body,and an outwardly extending doubled flange on the hook, substantially asspecified.

Signed by me at Schenectady, N. Y., this 19th day of May, 1908.

OSCAR MAUERSBERGER.

Witnesses:

THEODORE STERN, JULIUS GANTZLEE.

